Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review

Lately, with deep learning outpacing the other machine learning techniques in classifying images, we have witnessed a growing interest of the remote sensing community in employing these techniques for the land use and land cover classification based on multispectral and hyperspectral images; the num...

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Main Authors: Ava Vali, Sara Comai, Matteo Matteucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/15/2495
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description Lately, with deep learning outpacing the other machine learning techniques in classifying images, we have witnessed a growing interest of the remote sensing community in employing these techniques for the land use and land cover classification based on multispectral and hyperspectral images; the number of related publications almost doubling each year since 2015 is an attest to that. The advances in remote sensing technologies, hence the fast-growing volume of timely data available at the global scale, offer new opportunities for a variety of applications. Deep learning being significantly successful in dealing with Big Data, seems to be a great candidate for exploiting the potentials of such complex massive data. However, there are some challenges related to the ground-truth, resolution, and the nature of data that strongly impact the performance of classification. In this paper, we review the use of deep learning in land use and land cover classification based on multispectral and hyperspectral images and we introduce the available data sources and datasets used by literature studies; we provide the readers with a framework to interpret the-state-of-the-art of deep learning in this context and offer a platform to approach methodologies, data, and challenges of the field.
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spelling doaj.art-286a8cd43eff490e9349e43439c6fc162023-11-20T08:58:33ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-08-011215249510.3390/rs12152495Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A ReviewAva Vali0Sara Comai1Matteo Matteucci2Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic of Milan University, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic of Milan University, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic of Milan University, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, ItalyLately, with deep learning outpacing the other machine learning techniques in classifying images, we have witnessed a growing interest of the remote sensing community in employing these techniques for the land use and land cover classification based on multispectral and hyperspectral images; the number of related publications almost doubling each year since 2015 is an attest to that. The advances in remote sensing technologies, hence the fast-growing volume of timely data available at the global scale, offer new opportunities for a variety of applications. Deep learning being significantly successful in dealing with Big Data, seems to be a great candidate for exploiting the potentials of such complex massive data. However, there are some challenges related to the ground-truth, resolution, and the nature of data that strongly impact the performance of classification. In this paper, we review the use of deep learning in land use and land cover classification based on multispectral and hyperspectral images and we introduce the available data sources and datasets used by literature studies; we provide the readers with a framework to interpret the-state-of-the-art of deep learning in this context and offer a platform to approach methodologies, data, and challenges of the field.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/15/2495remote sensing datahyperspectral datamultispectral dataLULC classificationmachine learningdeep Learning
spellingShingle Ava Vali
Sara Comai
Matteo Matteucci
Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review
Remote Sensing
remote sensing data
hyperspectral data
multispectral data
LULC classification
machine learning
deep Learning
title Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review
title_full Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review
title_fullStr Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review
title_short Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Classification Based on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Earth Observation Data: A Review
title_sort deep learning for land use and land cover classification based on hyperspectral and multispectral earth observation data a review
topic remote sensing data
hyperspectral data
multispectral data
LULC classification
machine learning
deep Learning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/15/2495
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